Upper Muschelkalk, Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg: Ladinian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Placodontia
- Placodontidae
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Placodus gigas
Agassiz 1833
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Rieppel 1995 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMNS 18641 (skull) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Placodontia
- Cyamodontidae
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Cyamodus kuhnschnyderi n. sp.
Nosotti and Pinna 1993
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Rieppel 2001 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| SMNS 15855 (holotype skull), 16270 (paratype skull), 18380 (paratype lower jaw), 15891c, 16725, 81600 (carapace fragments): from the Hohenlohe Subformation of the Meissner Formation, Discoceratitenschichten, upper Muschelkalk (mo2) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Nothosauria
- Simosauridae
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Simosaurus sp.
Meyer 1842
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Rieppel 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Isolated dorsal centrum (SMNS 54763; Rieppel 1994, fig. 48A) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
- Nothosauridae
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Nothosaurus giganteus
Münster 1834
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Rieppel and Wild 1996 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| SMNS 7537 (mandible); SMNS 7860 (skull); SMNS 10806 (mandibular symphysis); SMNS suncatalogued (coracoid); SMNS uncatalogued (ischium) | ||||||||||
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Nothosaurus aduncidens n. sp.
Meyer 1855
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Rieppel and Wild 1996 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
| synonym of Nothosaurus giganteus | ||||||||||
| SMNS 4200, holotype premaxillae; SMNS 7860a,b "Allmendinger" skull from Fraas 1896, fig. 2; SMNS 8549 of Fraas, 1896, Fig. 2 [specimen "Blezinger" of Nothosaurus andriani] | ||||||||||
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Nothosaurus angustifrons n. sp.
Meyer and Plieninger 1844
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Rieppel and Wild 1996 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| synonym of Nothosaurus giganteus | ||||||||||
| SMNS 8549 of Fraas, 1896, Fig. 3 ["Blezinger" specimen of Nothosaurus angustifrons]); SMNS 51972 (skull) | ||||||||||
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Nothosaurus mirabilis
Münster 1834
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Rieppel and Wild 1996 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| SMNS 13155, 16433, 56587 (skulls) | ||||||||||
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Asteroidea
- Trichasteropsida
- Trichasteropsiidae
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Trichasteropsis senfti
Eck 1879
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Trichasteropsis weissmanni
(von Münster 1843)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Ophiuroidea
- Ophiurida
- Ophiuridae
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Aspidura sp.
Agassiz 1836
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Müller 1976 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| replaced by Aspiduriella | ||||||||||
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Aspidura scutellata
(Blumenbach 1803)
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Fraas 1888 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
| recombined as Aspiduriella scutellata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophoriidae
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Myophoria laevigata
(Ziethen 1830)
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Müller 1976 | |||||||||
| recombined as Neoschizodus laevigatus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | County: | Baden-Württemberg |
| Coordinates: | 49.1° North, 10.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.5° North, 18.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Ladinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ladinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Muschelkalk | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Muschelkalk | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Collection size: | 5 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:include the holotype of T. weissmanni Münster 1843 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 59927 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier, R. Benson | Enterer: | L. Villier, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-04-21 07:46:51 | Last modified: | 2022-11-09 15:40:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-04-21 07:46:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17209. | D. B. Blake and H. Hagdorn. 2003. The Asteroidea (Echinodermata) of the Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic of Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 77(1):23-58 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier] |
Secondary references:
| 30175 | E. Fraas. 1888. Ueber ein Ophiuren-Vorkommen bei Crailsheim. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie 1888(1):170-172 [L. Villier/L. Villier] | |
| 29995 | A. H. Müller. 1976. Zur Taphonomie, Ichnologie und Ökologie triadischer Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata). Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften 10:1399-1411 [L. Villier/L. Villier] | |
| 44166 | O. Rieppel. 1994. Osteology of Simosaurus gaillardoti and the relationships of stem-group Sauropterygia. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 28:1-85 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 44175 | O. Rieppel. 1995. The genus Placodus: systematics, morphology, paleobiogeography, and paleobiology. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 31:1-44 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 44207 | O. Rieppel. 2001. The cranial anatomy of Placochelys placodonta Jaekel, 1902, and a review of the Cyamodontoidea (Reptilia, Placodonta). Fieldiana: Geology, new series 45:1-104 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 44168 | O. Rieppel and R. Wild. 1996. A revision of the genus Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Germanic Triassic, with comments on the status of Conchiosaurus clavatus. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 34:1-82 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |